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GigaChat Provider

Connect Sber GigaChat with Authorization Key, scope, endpoint, and SSL options.

GigaChat Provider is the focus of this documentation page. Connect Sber GigaChat with an Authorization Key, API scope, endpoint, and optional SSL verification for Russian-language content in SmartyPress AI Engine.

GigaChat is available only when your WordPress locale is ru_RU (get_locale() === 'ru_RU'). On other locales the GigaChat provider card does not appear in Settings.

Note: GigaChat only appears in Settings when your site locale is ru_RU (Settings → General → Site Language → Russian). Always-available providers on every locale are OpenAI, DeepSeek, Claude, and OpenRouter.
Important: Switching the site language away from Russian hides GigaChat from the Settings UI and prevents the provider from being initialized, even if credentials were saved earlier.

GigaChat Setup

  1. Register at Sber developers portal / Sber AI Studio and get your Authorization Key.
  2. Go to SmartyPress AI → Settings (#/settings) and open the GigaChat provider card.
  3. Paste the key into Authorization Key.
  4. Select an API Scope:
    • GIGACHAT_API_PERS — Personal (PERS)
    • GIGACHAT_API_B2B — Business (B2B)
    • GIGACHAT_API_CORP — Corporate (CORP)
  5. Select an API Endpoint:
    • Main endpoint — https://gigachat.devices.sberbank.ru/api/v1
    • Salut for Business endpoint — https://api.giga.chat/v1
  6. Optionally enable SSL Verification (Verify SSL certificate). It is disabled by default in the Settings UI; enable it only if Russian CA certificates are installed in your environment.
  7. Click Save Provider Settings to save and test the connection automatically.
  8. In General Settings, choose GigaChat as the default provider if needed and select a Default Model (GigaChat 2 is the plugin default), then click Save Changes.

Available Models

Text models are a static list shipped with the plugin:

  • GigaChat 2 — current generation (recommended default)
  • GigaChat 2 Pro — higher quality; also supports vision/image analysis
  • GigaChat 2 Max — premium current-generation model with vision support
  • GigaChat (Legacy), GigaChat Pro (Legacy), GigaChat Max (Legacy) — previous generation models retained for compatibility

Image generation uses the GigaChat image pathway through the same chat/completions API.

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